Interaction between social category and social practice: Explaining was/were variation

Language Variation and Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-371

  Moore, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957532280     PISSN: 09543945     EISSN: 14698021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095439451000013X     Document Type: Article

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